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Chobhar

Chobhar is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal and part of Kirtipur Municipality.

Chobhar
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The place

Chobhar is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal and part of Kirtipur Municipality. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,627 living in 1,109 households.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chobhar

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Tribhuvan University

    Tribhuvan University is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal.

    1.6 km · public university in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kathmandu Zoo

    The Central Zoo is a 6-hectare zoo in Jawalakhel, Nepal. It is home to some 969 animals in 109 species, and is operated by the National Trust for Nature Conservation.

    2.8 km · zoo · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Taudaha Lake

    Taudaha Lake is a small lake in the outskirts of Kathmandu, in Nepal.

    2 km · lake in Nepal · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, Kathmandu

    The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral is a Catholic church located in Lalitpur, Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. It began as the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption which was dedicated by Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 15 August 1995.

    2.4 km · church in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground

    The Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, also known as TU International Cricket Ground or TU Cricket Ground, is an international cricket ground in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, within the premises of Tribhuvan University.

    1.4 km · Cricket Ground in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya

    Madan Puraskār Pustakālaya is a library of books and periodicals in the Nepali language. The library is a not-for-profits and non-governmental institution that is run by a trust.

    3.9 km · library in Nepal · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Bagh Bhairab Temple

    Bagh Bhairab Temple is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Bagh Bhairab, an incarnation of Shiva as a tiger. It is located in Kirtipur, Bagmati Province, Nepal and dates back to the 16th century.

    1.6 km · HIndu temple in Kirtipur, Kathmandu · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Jal Binayak Temple

    Jal Binayak is a Hindu Temple of Lord Ganesh located in the Chobhar, central part of Kathmandu District, Nepal. The Jal Binayak temple is the most important Ganesh shrine of the central region Kathmandu.

    1.4 km · Hindu temple in Nepal · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Shree Durbar

    Shree Durbar is a Rana palace in Kathmandu, Patan, Nepal the capital of Nepal. The palace complex is located east of the Lazimpat Durbar next to Patan Dhoka and was built by Chandra Shumsher JBR in 1927.

    3.8 km · building in Nepal, Nepal · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tribhuvan University Central Library

    Tribhuvan University Central Library is an academic library. It is the largest public library in Nepal.

    1.7 km · public library in Nepal · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    360° View Restaurant & Bar

    360° scenic views of the valley.

From Wikivoyage: Chobhar, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Chobhar

Airports
Tribhuvan (KTM), 8 km · Pokhara (PHH), 137 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 185 km
  • Pokhara → Chobhar
    146 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · ₨740–990
  • Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Chobhar
    181 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · ₨940–1,250
  • Siliguri → Chobhar
    328 km · quickest by road, 7h 26m · ₹3,210–4,010
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Chobhar

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chobhar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextVisit Kathmandu, perhaps as a day trip from the relative quiet of Kirtipur.

From Wikivoyage: Kirtipur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    165 km
  2. 02
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    559 km
  3. 03
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    649 km
  4. 04
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    693 km
  5. 05
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    725 km

If you know how people move in Chobhar – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Chobhar

Chobhar is 5 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.